GAY TALESE READER, THE

'The Gay Talese Reader' brings together the best of his essays and classic profiles. This collection opens with 'New York Is a City of Things Unnoticed', and includes 'Silent Season of a Hero' (about Joe DiMaggio), 'Ali in Havana', and 'Looking for Hemingway' as well as several other favorite pieces. It also features a previously unpublished article on the infamous case of Lorena and John Wayne Bobbitt, and concludes with the autobiographical pieces that are among Talese’s finest writings. These works give insight into the progression of a writer at the pinnacle of his craft.